Import full project (issues,etc) from GitHub where I'm not Owner
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Problem to solve
Importing a Github repository (and its issues) that belongs neither to my account nor to any organisations I am a part of.
Further details
The Github importer at /projects/new -> Import project -> Github currently asks for a personal access token. After providing such a token, it lists all the repositories that belong to that token's account and all the group accounts that the token's account is a member/owner of. It does not provide a separate field to manually enter a Github repository URL.
As of this moment, Github project's repository and wiki are both available as normally cloneable git repository, while issues, labels and other miscellaneous items are provided through GitHub's API. This requires an access token. However, to bulk-download those, one does not need to provide a token that has owner/member level rights to that project as demonstrated by the Github bulk backup program available at [1].
Proposal
Add a text box somewhere around the repository list, allowing one to manually specify which repository to import.
Links / references
[1] https://github.com/josegonzalez/python-github-backup.git